Just in time for the forecasts to hit triple digits and for us all to stock up on deodorant and tank tops, scientists say they’ve discovered and are now analyzing the Lasioglossum gotham, casually ...

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (KGO) -- No matter how your day is going, at least you don't have bees living in your eyes. Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny bees ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...

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Clay Bolt and Shane trace the decline of wild bees — and fight to bring them back. Wild bees like the rusty-patched bumble bee are vanishing — but not without a fight. Conservation photographer Clay ...